High-Capacity Magazines From The U.S. Used in Norway Mass Killing

July 28, 2011 4:54 pm ET —
Chris Brown

Earlier this week, we reported that Anders
Behring Breivik legally
obtained the Ruger Mini-14 assault rifle that
was the primary weapon used in the Utoya youth camp mass shooting. Today,
Reid Epstein is reporting
that Breivik's 1,500-page manifesto indicates that he obtained 10 high-capacity
magazines for his Ruger Mini-14 from the United States via mail order.

Under the Federal Assault Weapons Ban in place
in the United States between 1994 and 2004, magazines of greater than ten
rounds were prohibited, but they have been legal since the ban expired. In his manifesto Breivik wrote of U.S.
gun laws:

I
envy our European American brothers as the gun laws in Europe sucks ass in
comparison.